diff --git a/.github/workflows/haupt.yml b/.github/workflows/haupt.yml
index 4e2aad7..fb2ffe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/haupt.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/haupt.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
            python3 -m venv ~/venv
            source ~/venv/bin/activate
            python -m ensurepip --upgrade
+           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
            python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
            #pip3 install setuptools  # --quiet ... needed for latest Python version, re-check later
            python -m pip  install -r python/requirements.txt # --quiet